
Under the project Cash for Work men and women in Bolivia received coupons they can exchange for food. With this food, plus what they grow in the orchards, they can provide their children a balanced diet. They spend the savings they get from both of these activities in their children’s education.(Copyright: WFP/Ximena Loza)
Bolivia: Cash for Work, a New Modality
The work days and efforts are rewarded with coupons that the farmers’ families will swap for food in grocery stores in the cities of San Julian and Montero, in the department of Santa Cruz.
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| Planned Beneficiaries | 59,505 |
| Beneficiary needs (mt) | 1,701 |
| Beneficiary needs ($US) | 2,632,285 |